Sunday, April 29, 2007

Day 317: Blue-Eyed Mary & Friend

Maiden Blue-Eyed Mary is another "belly flower." It blooms like a soft filigreed ground cover on the sides of roads here in north Idaho.

There's an advantage to not sleeping well. I get up before the dew has left the leaves. When I went for my walk this morning, I caught these delicate purpley blue flowers growing right beside big ol' dandelions between the road and the park fence. The dew remained beaded on the dandelion's prickery leaves, the morning sun glowing through from the east.